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PLICA LIZARD. 



Lacerta Plica. L. cauda tereti longa, occipite calloso, palpehris 

 supra cxcoriatis, coUo laferihus verrucosa, subtus plicato. Lin, 

 Si/st. Nat. Gmel. p. 1074. 



Lizard with round long tail, hind-head callous, eyebrows ex- 

 coriated above, neck warted at the sides, and plaited be- 

 neath. 



A SMALL species, native of India and South 

 America: length of a finger; covered on all parts 

 with conical scales : on each side the neck two 

 niuricated tubercles : beneath the throat a double 

 crease : down the back a row of larger scales than 

 the rest, and somewhat crenated : tail about twice 

 the length of the body, covered with minute 

 scales, and scarce distinctly verticillated : toes 

 long, roughened beneath by sharper scales : claws 

 compressed. 



JAPANESE LIZARD. 



Lacerta Japonica. L. cauda tereti longa, pedihus unguiculatis, 

 palwis tetradactylis, dorso vittato. Lin, Si/st. Nat. Gmel. p. 

 107^. Houttuyn. Act. Uliss. 9. p. 329. 



Lizard with long round tail, unguiculated feet, tetradactyle 

 fore-feet, and single-striped back. 



A SMALLISH species: native of Japan : colour 

 livid brown above, with a broad dentated yellow 

 stripe from the hind head to the beginning of the 

 tail : eyes small ; eyelids large and rough : tail 

 somewhat compressed at the tip : claws black. 



